Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.
Flight timing & delays
Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.
Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.
US domestic sectors recorded by BTS
Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay07:00–08:001.8min · 1,259 recorded · 1,240 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour26.3min07:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights8,780BOS–RSW
Departure hour
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
28.214.10.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,2596300
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Departure hour
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
00:00
No observations
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01:00
No observations
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02:00
No observations
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03:00
No observations
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04:00
No observations
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05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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6
6
06:00
90.0%
2.3 min
673
694
07:00
91.9%
1.8 min
1,240
1,259
08:00
86.8%
3.3 min
295
302
09:00
81.8%
11.2 min
214
218
10:00
80.9%
11.7 min
643
653
11:00
75.6%
17.9 min
978
991
12:00
71.7%
16.4 min
548
554
13:00
66.7%
20.5 min
234
236
14:00
68.3%
18.6 min
401
416
15:00
64.3%
19.7 min
667
677
16:00
63.5%
28.2 min
501
518
17:00
64.5%
26.1 min
406
412
18:00
67.7%
28.0 min
368
373
19:00
60.0%
27.1 min
662
686
20:00
61.4%
27.6 min
648
670
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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113
115
22:00
No observations
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23:00
No observations
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Day of week
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
23.311.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,3236620
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
71.0%
20.1 min
1,266
1,321
Tuesday
79.9%
10.5 min
1,124
1,149
Wednesday
79.3%
8.5 min
1,145
1,151
Thursday
73.4%
16.5 min
1,278
1,290
Friday
75.8%
17.4 min
1,307
1,323
Saturday
73.6%
16.7 min
1,213
1,227
Sunday
68.6%
23.3 min
1,264
1,319
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
24.312.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,3096550
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
73.4%
16.3 min
819
844
Feb
71.0%
21.4 min
989
1,054
Mar
71.3%
20.2 min
1,277
1,309
Apr
79.6%
8.9 min
1,171
1,174
May
80.7%
11.0 min
732
732
Jun
76.2%
10.7 min
479
485
Jul
69.1%
22.6 min
469
492
Aug
82.6%
8.8 min
235
238
Sep
71.3%
24.3 min
216
217
Oct
75.3%
13.7 min
449
451
Nov
82.8%
12.0 min
772
779
Dec
65.1%
23.5 min
989
1,005
Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.
Recorded outcomes
On time72.8%6,394
Delayed >15 min25.1%2,203
Cancelled2.1%183
Missing departure time0.0%0
All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.
On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.
Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.